Hulk Hogan passed away, what's happening this week?

[TonyMetal___86]

First it's Ozzy Osbourne and now Hulk Hogan, i grew up loving these guys, they were like icons to me, can't believe that time had started erasing the people whom i grew up to love and i was shocked today when i knew that Hogan died, because the child in me still believed that this man is immortal, but yes it's true, Hogan is immortal and will always lives in our minds and hearts, R. I. P brother 💪🏻

[jazzy34]

Unfortunately, it seems like when a celebrity dies, two or three follow soon thereafter. I’ve noticed that for as long as I can remember.

[TonyMetal___86]

It happens, that's true, but sometimes we don't notice because not all the celebs are the same!

Hulk Hogan for is an ultra celeb, a legend and an icon carved in the minds of many generations, his image is unique unlike any others...

He was more than just a wrestler, a superstar, a champion, an actor... etc

This man's character and charisma were at the highest level!

[Jennz6]

The 3rd post in the last hour about the Hulk, I love him but this is just too many posts

[TonyMetal___86]

It's beautiful seeing that a lot of people from all generations cares about this man, as you know that Hulk Hogan had passed in so many rough times in his life and he was oppressed many times...

All the ones who are mentioning him are a part of hogan's hulkamaniacs hehe

[Jennz6]

@TonyMetal___86
I agree

[exitseven]

@jennz6 He really was a big celebrity and it was a total surprise to many.

[exitseven]

Hollywood people die in 3s. The kid that was on the Cosby show died last week too.

[TonyMetal___86]

What's wrong with number 3? 🤣

[exitseven]

He drowned while on vacation.

[Iron_Man]

yes, that’s very sad. I’ve seen him many times in person

[TonyMetal___86]

He was also a star in rocky balboa's movie 😞
He was everywhere...

[Iron_Man]

Yes I remember like it was yesterday he played thunder lips

[TonyMetal___86]

True...

[Dongie]

He was a giant huh?

[Iron_Man]

@dongie he beat Andre the giant

[Dongie]

I remember. He body slammed him. I liked Andre too!

[Dongie]

Do you remember Kerry Von Erich? He slammed that big bald guy. I can't remember his name but he weighed 500 pounds.

[Iron_Man]

I went to the Miami Arena and saw it on pay per view with my mom wrestlemania three

[Iron_Man]

I’ve seen in magazines a little bit on TV but he was never in my territory. I was always in Florida. The summertime I go to Asheville, North Carolina Mid Atlantic championship wrestling.

[Iron_Man]

The NWA the national wrestling alliance is all on the East Coast

[Dongie]

They lived outside of Tyler Texas about 65 miles from me. They wrestled in Dallas about a hundred miles west of Tyler at the Sportatorium.

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie cool did you see him in person?

[Dongie]

No, I didn't but a few of my friends saw him, Kevin, and Mike at our center. They said Kevin was a bully and strutted around. The other two were nice and polite. This must have been around 1982.

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie Yes the brothers they made a movie off of them a couple years ago called the iron claw something like that

[Dongie]

They did? Well, David went first then Mike killed himself Kerry I think then Chris. Kevin is the last and only one. He has two sons i think.

[Dongie]

Their parents ate hell. I don't think David did but the other three all killed themselves.

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie that’s horrible. I don’t know why they would do that.

[Dongie]

Me either. It must be mental illness.

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie yes and maybe drugs

[Dongie]

Kerry had cocaine and Mike had some pills. I don't know about Chris.

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie too bad they couldn’t get help

[Dongie]

So true!

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie Yes weren’t they world champions I don’t know what happened to them

[Dongie]

Kerry joined the WWF around 88 and I think he won the belt there. I'm Dallas Fritz, daddy Von was a champion, and Kevin and David won the belt in the 70s. The two brothers won the tag championship and I think Kevin and Kerry after David passed won tag.

[Dongie]

They used to fight the Freebirds. Michael P S Hayes, Terry Gordy, and Buddy Roberts. David, Kevin, and Kerry. They were bringing Mike in while he was in high school. Then while in Japan David fell sick and passed. Big shock! So it became Kevin, Kerry, and Mike.

[Dongie]

At Dallas is where Gentleman Chris Adams introduced a nice somewhat timid Steve Austin.

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie right and he went to the WWE

[Dongie]

I bet you could get, if you were old enough, the Southwest Wrestling from Louisiana I think it was.

[Dongie]

A couple of their announcers went to McMahons empire.

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie I actually went to a wrestling school when I was in my early 20s and I did real good but then they folded

[Iron_Man]

They were on TV for a while. Then They went bankrupt.

[Iron_Man]

Global wrestling

[Dongie]

Ok. What happened with the rich guy that Trump fought in the ring, McMahon?

[Dongie]

Did you enjoy the wrestling school?

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie Endeavor, the parent company of UFC, acquired WWE in 2023. This merger combined WWE and UFC into a new entity called TKO Group Holdings. Endeavor holds a 51% controlling stake in TKO, while WWE shareholders own the remaining 49%.

[Dongie]

Cool, is McMahon involved or is he even still alive?

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie No more he sold the company to them he retired

[Dongie]

I figured he'd let his kids continue with it.

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie I thought so too, but they gave him an offer. He probably couldn’t refuse.

[Dongie]

Hehe, money talks!

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie apparently it does for Vince McMahon. I was surprised.

[Dongie]

Yeah, Vince! I couldn't remember. He's loaded I've heard.

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie Yes he is

[TonyMetal___86]

I have enjoyed reading the whole convo between the two of you guys hehe
These names aren't strange from me but if they wrestled in the 70's, it means ric flair and the late hulk hogan were rookies back then, since they joined wrestling in the 70's, if these guys kerry, chris and forgot who the 3rd is were to retire in the 70's or early 80's, than it's very hard for me to know them, plus this was early wrestling, back when the father of vince mcmahon was still owning the wrestling federation...

If these guys had a long period in wrestling than left in the late 70's or early 80's, it means they have debuted in the 50's or 60's, back when wrestling was in black and white, so personally i'm a stranger to this wrestling arena back then 😄

The earliest names of wrestlers whom i might know about for sure have debuted in the 70's, before that i don't know anyone, but since the early 90's till this day, i think that i know them all, count WcW in...

[Dongie]

Ric Flair was with a pack of wild animals known as The Four Horsemen. They had many bloody battles in Dallas with the Von Erichs! It was as epic as the Von Erichs and the Freebirds!

[Iron_Man]

i’m glad you liked it. Most question askers are saying you’re blowing up my notifications can we talk somewhere. or if it’s a male and female, talking the question asker says Get a room guys go somewhere else

[Dongie]

I'm glad to have you join the conversation, Tony.

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie Great

[TonyMetal___86]

@Iron_Man i'm not only happy because of the convo, but i'm happy too because we are having this conversation and it's been awhile since we last talked bro, i was going to dm you to check on you, now i'm happy to see that you're doing just fine 😊

[TonyMetal___86]

@Dongie i know the four horsemen and the von erich name isen't strange on my ear...

[Dongie]

Tony, did you see what I told you about Flair? He was young and flamboyant! He would wear feathers like glamor girls did and do that strut. 😅

[Dongie]

Okay. Then you probably have seen some of his early work. Andre the Giant frequently appeared in Dallas. Also Hacksaw Jim Duggan. He carried a 2×4

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie thanks Tony. I’m recuperating good.

[TonyMetal___86]

@Iron_Man 👍🏻👍🏻

[TonyMetal___86]

@Dongie hacksaw jim duggan 😂😂 sergeant slaughter, when i was a little kid sgt. slaughter looked very creepy to me, there's something about his chin 🤣🤣

Ric flair the nature boy and his signature robe, and move WOOOOOO 😅

When ric flair goes crazy...
m.youtube.com/watch

[Dongie]

🤣💦 "Whether you like it or you hate it, you gotta' love it! Whooo!"

[Dongie]

One Man Gang. Kamala the Ugandan Giant.

Sgt. Slaughter did have a rather strong chin.

[Iron_Man]

Did you enjoy the wrestling school?

Yes I did Dongie is was really interesting. Did back body drops Body Slams different falls single wrestling matches Tag Team. I really enjoyed it. I did well it’s a shame that they folded.

[Iron_Man]

it didn’t take me too long to catch on. I was in great shape back then because I was in Golden Globes boxing. It was quite easy as a matter of fact.

[Iron_Man]

you had to learn the different signals and call them so you can set up the wrestling moves

[Iron_Man]

we had a couple women in there and the wrestling teacher said OK ladies it’s time to start taking the bumps and they got scared I don’t think they would’ve lasted

[TonyMetal___86]

@Iron_Man back then, women wrestling were very rare 😄

@dongie it's sad to what happened to kamala, his legs were amputated because of diabetes and i don't remember if he even still alive or died...

The only wrestler who made me not sleep for a couple of nights and made me cry because this man was the reason why i became a wrestling fan, he was the late scott hall aka razor ramon, there was something in this man which made me wait for him till he appears and holds the mic to talk, after scott halls, i felt sad for hulk hoga...

[TonyMetal___86]

I even wrote a mytake about scott hall when he died...

[Dongie]

I used to hate one guy I saw on Southwest then he started coming to Dallas. Then I grew to love Rowdy Roddy Piper! NOBODY gets vocally angrier than the Piper!!

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie yeah he’s real good. I’ve seen him many times in person.

[Iron_Man]

there’s always been a few good lady wrestlers, but the women nowadays are much better

[Dongie]

You did? Cool! He died a good 7 or 8 years ago I think. Maybe a bit morr.

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie I saw him as a kid in North Carolina and Miami

[Iron_Man]

when he wrestled for mid Atlantic championship wrestling and WWF

[Iron_Man]

I actually went to wrestlemania 28 me and my brother had a great time
We sat ringside John Cena versus The Rock. We moved and got down a lot closer. Nobody said anything we did it.

[Iron_Man]

those seats were like $5000.

[Dongie]

Damn! 5 G's! That was fun!

[TonyMetal___86]

I remember watching the rock's 1st match, i said to myself, who's this idiot clown, i mean after watching sika and his brother, yokozuna and rocky johnson, i couldn't even believe that dwayne is the son of rocky...

[Iron_Man]

@Dongie of course we didn’t pay that at all. We paid like almost $300 bucks apiece but we moved way down. And nobody said anything there’s was a little break in the action before the main event started. but it was a good match. I could hear them talking to each other. I would assume they’re calling the wrestling signals.

[Dongie]

That's even better! I did that at rock concerts. But once I got caught and kicked the hell out!

[TonyMetal___86]

In my opinion, there shall be some matches without scripts, especially theae days, it's too much, this ain't wrestling anymore, at least in pay per view matches let the stronger wins!

[Iron_Man]

yeah, that character didn’t work out Tony. Even Vince McMahon had a conversation with him about his character. Telling him that this is not working out and the rock fixed it.

[Dongie]

Damn! It gets all Tony!! Even the Hulkster!!! 💪

[TonyMetal___86]

As you know, hulk hogan's life wasn't perfect at all, he suffered a lot, been oppressed, accused falsly, lost a lot of his finances but at the end of the road he remained strong and alive till he passed away because he was closed to god and had a strong faith in Jesus in the last years of his life!

Hulk Hogan the real patriot, a true hero, a loving man and an excellent father, he loved everyone...

He will always be remembered...

[Dongie]

Here, here! Terry Hogan!

[nl171]

They always come in 3s

[TonyMetal___86]

Why is that? 🤔

[Iron_Man]

Aren’t most of the brothers world champions I don’t know why somebody would want to do that

[Iron_Man]

wrong area

[jshm2]

LOL, get a life, kiddo.

[TonyMetal___86]

🤔🤔